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PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 Police agencies in the Phoenix area have responded to at least seven murder-suicides since March 30. One forensic psychologist believes some of these acts of violence may have similarities.<\/p>\n

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The incidents have crossed the Valley, from Mesa, Phoenix, Glendale and Surprise. Victims have included spouses, children and non-family members.<\/p>\n

But John Delatorre, who is a forensic psychologist, says in many cases the killer is someone who had planned a suicide but for some reason could not go through with it; instead, they committed a separate act of violence. The suicide may be a way to avoid the consequences of the murder.<\/p>\n

Delatorre says there is a contagion effect, which prompts people to go through with murder-suicides after they have seen others commit them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s this weird phenomena where when someone sees someone else do an act, so therefore they believe themselves now OK, they have given themselves the green light to engage in a very similar act. So mass murders we see like this. Suicides we often see like this where there\u2019s this element of a contagion effect, it just kind of spreads out,\u201d said Delatorre on this week\u2019s episode of True Crime AZ Live.<\/p>\n

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Delatorre also said there is no indication that the number of murder-suicides overall is increasing, although it is common to see temporary increases.<\/p>\n

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